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Enrollment
605
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993005691
Calmeca Academy Elementary School
3456 W 38th St, Chicago, IL 60632 · (773) 535-7000 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL605 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
500 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 43 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 60 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 71 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 72 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 26% smaller than its 8th grade class (72).
Student demographics
5%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Calmeca Academy Elementary School→Thomas Kelly College Preparatory
Based on published attendance-zone data from Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
28.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +14.2pp since 2023
Math
8.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.8% | 8.5% |
| 2023-24 | 14.6% | 5.0% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
18.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Calmeca Academy Elementary School
Calmeca Academy Elementary School's state test result (18.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calmeca Academy Elementary School this school | 605 | 82.6% | 18.1% |
| Sherlock Elementary School Cicero | 583 | 82.5% | 28.3% |
| Schubert Elementary School Chicago | 568 | 80.3% | 18.9% |
| Pasteur Elementary School Chicago | 620 | 86.1% | 51.6% |
| Woodrow Wilson Elementary School Cicero | 622 | 86.2% | 23.9% |
| Gunsaulus Elementary Scholastic Academy Chicago | 658 | 86.0% | 35.4% |
Matched among Illinois elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Calmeca Academy Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.1% | #1,671 of 1,925 | #610 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.5% | #1,955 of 2,077 ▼ 89 | #744 of 829 ▼ 48 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #1,696 of 2,077 ▲ 81 | #625 of 829 ▲ 64 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 605 | #268 of 2,419 | #151 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #1,311 of 2,035 | #587 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.2% | #1,997 of 2,042 | #792 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.6% | #455 of 2,132 | #313 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.1% | #279 of 1,461 | #179 of 661 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
605
-112 (-16%) vs 2020
-14% since 2010-11, when it was 702
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 605 | 42.5 | 14.2:1 | 83% (500) |
| 2023-24 | 628 | 40.3 | 15.6:1 | 86% (538) |
| 2022-23 | 617 | 45 | 13.7:1 | 87% (534) |
| 2020-21 | 717 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 808 | 40.8 | 19.8:1 | 93% (751) |
| 2015-16 | 804 | 42 | 19.1:1 | 92% (736) |
| 2010-11 | 702 | 34 | 20.6:1 | 97% (684) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Calmeca Academy Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (808 to 605); teachers up 4% (40.8 to 42.5).
About Calmeca Academy Elementary School
As a high-enrollment elementary school, Calmeca Academy Elementary School serves students in Chicago, Illinois. It enrolls 605 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 8. That is 59% larger than the average of about 381 students for elementary schools in Illinois.
Calmeca Academy Elementary School reports to Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which has 622 schools and 324,396 students.
At Calmeca Academy Elementary School, 97% of students are Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Cook County is roughly 27% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Calmeca Academy Elementary School scores 5%.
Its staff includes 42.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 14.2 students per teacher. That is in line with the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Roughly 83% of students at Calmeca Academy Elementary School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 66% for public schools in Cook County.
Calmeca Academy Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 18.1%, compared with a predicted 23.8%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Cook County show that median household income comes to about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The county's public schools total 1,406, with about 697,934 students.
Of the public schools around it, Calmeca Academy Elementary School is closest to Davis N Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 25.9% on proficiency, and Calmeca Academy Elementary School is below that at 18.1%.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 605, compared with 717 in 2020-21.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at Calmeca Academy Elementary School. You can also rate the school on this page.
Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299
- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
- Curie Metropolitan High SchoolHigh · 3,099 students
- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Other schools in Chicago
- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
- Curie Metropolitan High SchoolHigh · 3,099 students
- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Nearby schools
- Davis N Elementary School0.6 mi · 540
- Acero Chtr - Sandra Cisneros Elementary School0.9 mi · 326
- Thomas Kelly College Preparatory1.0 mi · 1,762
- Ortiz De Dominguez Elementary School1.0 mi · 404
- Gary Elementary School1.0 mi · 711
- Burroughs Elementary School1.0 mi · 303
Frequently asked questions
About Calmeca Academy Elementary SchoolHow large is Calmeca Academy Elementary School?
Calmeca Academy Elementary School enrolls approximately 605 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Calmeca Academy Elementary School serve?
Calmeca Academy Elementary School serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Calmeca Academy Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Calmeca Academy Elementary School is approximately 14.2:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Calmeca Academy Elementary School?
Student demographics at Calmeca Academy Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 97% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Calmeca Academy Elementary School in?
Calmeca Academy Elementary School is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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